Juliancolton

The worst of the storms passed just to my north last night, but I still picked up 1.30" of rain. Very happy with that for the sake of gardens and pool level.

Yeah, this wx has me solidly sequestered indoors. I've been doing as many chores and errands as possible in the middle of the night, otherwise they just don't get done.

Agreed, a lot of people don't understand how difficult farming truly is. I know I can't fully grasp all the trials farmers face just by tooling around in my backyard. Strength in numbers is a big part of having something left to harvest, although interestingly, some animals are strongly averse to fresh manure. In talking to dairy farmers down the street who grow hundreds of acres of corn for feed, I learned they spread manure as much for deer repellent as for fertilizer. The math, interdisciplinary science, experience etc. that go into agriculture are staggering sometimes.

Always a gut-wrenching feeling, you have my sympathies. My corn got decimated this year as well but much earlier in the season, so perhaps an easier fate to accept. At one point I walked up to the patch and saw a deer and a rabbit grazing in harmony. 8' high and buried 2' underground is really the only reliable control in this part of the country.

Just hot enough to suck the life out of you but not enough to set records. Terrible.

Even the low-level clouds aren't really moving that fast. Watching them just absolutely zip across the sky in seconds stuck with me after Irene... this sure ain't that.

0.18" so far, peak gust 8 mph. We will rebuild.

I think any meaningful winds will probably be hard to come by around these parts. Even the ol' reliable isallobaric component will be fairly diffuse when the low moves overhead.

Yikes. Not good with the threat of a tropical system in just a few days. Only a few tenths here so far, but I certainly don't need the headache of basement pumping.

Alright, who's building arks and who's still watering the lawn?

I'm sure it'll balance out this winter when we get the jack for all the major snow events.

Yeah I've been watching that guy all afternoon. Hopefully it holds together. Edit: latest scans show echoes weakening and the outflow boundary surging out ahead, it's dead Jim

The heaviest stuff stayed just to my east by literally a matter of yards, but still a nice steady dousing here. I'm just on the light blue side of this little isthmus here, so that's, what... 1/8th of a mile to the 1"+ amounts?

The contractor thinks it's an easy job after a first look and could be done for under $5k without draining the pond. The pond construction specialist had to reschedule so still waiting on that opinion, though I suspect he'll tell a slightly more elaborate story. Another bone-dry day here as other areas get drenched.

I figure we're about five, maybe six weeks out from stressed maples flashing their first color. Let's goooo.

It's mostly seeping underneath I think. Nonetheless, the water is back up about 2" this morning after I just absolutely loaded it up with with clay and rocks, so at least the fish genocide seems to be averted for now. Getting some quotes this weekend on having it done the right way. It's all good. There are a lot of folks who have much bigger problems than leaky bass ponds and nettlesome swimming pools. If those are my big sorrows for 2020, I'll be in a pretty good spot.

So today on the farmstead: 1) Pool level is below the return valves and the pump, either coincidentally or as a result, appears to have burned out overnight 2) Well is barely replenishing and will probably run dry in a week at the current rate of usage 3) Dam is completely gone and my jury-rigged plywood and cinder block coffer is still leaking more water than the inflow (now a trickle) can replace @rclab's postage stamp sounds more and more appealing with each passing day...

Drought cancel

The most fleeting and tenuous spritz of drizzle imaginable.

Looking for my first drop of rain in 13 days tonight.

We're on pace for about 50 top-ten days this summer.

A PWS up the road from me at a little lower elevation notched a 37. Pretty remarkable for the date.

39F here. My only regret is that I had but one window fan to pump that stuff into my bedroom.

Intolerable out here. If the sun comes out it'll just be death.

I'm sure the aquifer is still running fine i(u?)mby but I'll never know. Ye olde 8-foot pit FTL.